Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-12
cocHIsE COUNTY.

While the praises of other sections of the great West are being sung through out the land, it is fitting and proper that the advantages of Cochise county, in the southeast corner of Arizona, should also be heralded. Embracing territory 6o by S4 miles in extent, it contains an area nearly as large as the States of Connect icut and Rhode Island combined. In topography it may be described as an el- eva'ed plateau, with general average of nearly 5000 feet above the level of the sea. Three broken mountain ranges run north and south through the county, with the San Pedro, Sulphur Spring and San Simon valleys, which comprise much the larger part of the county, also extending from the northern to the southern boun. dary. The mountains are heavily tim bered, and the valleys are covered with the most nutricious grasses, affording feed for countless herds of cattle and horses the year round. Throughout the entire length of the San Pedro valley the river bearing that name flows continu. ally, and much good agricultural land can there be found. In the Sulphur Spring and San Simon valleys the water does not flow upon the surface except during the rainy season, but they contain an im- mense underground flow, as evidenced by numerous wells, some of which are arte. sian in character. Living water pours out of many of the mountain canyons, which, if properly stored, would bring under cultivation thousands of acres of magnificent fruit and vine lands. Little or nothing can be grown without irriga' tion. At present stock-raisIng and mining are the principal industries, although az riculture and horticulture offer great op- portunities. Naturally, the country is not as bleak and barren as Southern California. A comparatively small DOT ton of the county has been surveyed, and but little land has been entered. Land is plentiful, but developed water is scarce, and one without the other is use less. Storage reservoirs and artesian wells are all our magnificent county lacks. The climate is perfection, the mercury seldom rising above 100 degrees in summer, and rarely falling below 90 above zero in winter. This is owing to the altitude, which in addition causes a light, dry, exhilerating atmosphere. The rainy season commences in July and lasts up to October, and is as regular as the other seasons. The rainfall the present year has been 25H inches by actual measurement, producing a wonderful growth of native grass over the entire county. Cattle are fat, and the ranchmen prosperous and happy.
 The county is we'll supplied with rail- roads, the Southern Pacific running near ly 100 miles within its borders east and west, and the New Mexico and Arizona road, belonging to the Aichison, Topeka and Santa Fe system, from Benson to the gulf of California. It is only a question of short time until the Sonora road is connected with the main Santa Feline, when our county will be the only one in the Territory enjoying competi- ton between the two great continental roads. This will be an advantage that can hardly be estimated. Tombstone the county seat, is reached by leaving the Southern Pacific at Benson, going south on the Sonora railroad seventeen miles to Fairbank, and thence by Concord coach, drawn by six fine horses, nine miles over a smooth road. It is a com. fortable ride, and would furnish pleas
 ing variation for monotonous overland trip. Here we have a handsome little city, good hotels and restaurants, ! pro. gressive, wide-awake people, and the
 best silver mines in the world. Lawless.
 ness is a thing of the past, and person
 and property have no better protection
 anywhere in the United States. StoI :, and see us on your way across the
 continent, and you will not regret youl visit.